日本JXTG能源集团推进沙特石化项目

据4月20日Trade Arabia报道，日本能源集团JXTG表示, 该公司已获得一份合同，对一座新的亚乙基降冰片烯（ENB）工厂进行可行性研究。该工厂于2018年由沙特阿美（Saudi Aramco）和道达尔（Total）宣布，作为石油化工联合企业的一部分，在沙特阿拉伯朱拜勒地区建造。

ENB是制造三元乙丙橡胶(EPDM)的重要成分，EPDM是一种先进的耐热耐候合成橡胶，主要用于汽车和建筑行业。随着汽车生产的增长，对ENB的需求也在强劲增长。

该项目于2018年4月宣布，由沙特阿美（62.5%）和道达尔（37.5%）合资的沙特石油公司（Satorp）炼油厂下游一体化的石油化工厂组成。建成后，该厂的年产能将达到23000吨。包括一个世界级规模的混合原料裂解炉——这是海湾地区第一个与炼油厂整合的混合原料裂解炉，年产150万吨乙烯和相关的高附加值的石化装置。2020年末，新ENB工厂可能会开始商业运营。

JXTG总裁大田佳彦（Katsuyuki Ota）表示：“我们将开始对沙特阿拉伯的新ENB工厂项目进行可行性研究，这将使沙特成为继日本和美国之后的第三个生产基地。”

沙特阿美和道达尔正在联合开发的Amiral石油化工总厂，将为ENB工厂提供原材料和能源的可靠供应。

JXTG集团是全球领先的ENB生产商，在日本有一条生产线，在美国有两条生产线。公司通过在美国、欧洲和亚洲的独立生产基地和终端网络为全球客户提供稳定的ENB供应。该公司自1979年开始发展ENB业务，并在2020年4月将其总产能提高到每年6.8万吨。

王佳晶 摘译自 Trade Arabia

原文如下：

Japan's JXTG to start feasibility study for Saudi chemical plant

Japanese petroleum company JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation said it has been awarded a contract to conduct the feasibility study for a new ethylidene norbornene (ENB) plant, to be built in Jubail region of Saudi Arabia as part of the petrochemical Amiral complex, announced by state oil giant Saudi Aramco and Total in 2018.

ENB is an important component in the manufacture of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM), an advanced heat and weather resistant synthetic rubber used primarily in the automotive and construction industries.

Demand for ENB has been increasing strongly alongside the growth in the automotive production sector.

The project, announced in April 2018, consists of a petrochemical complex that will be integrated downstream of the Satorp refinery, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco (62.5%) and Total (37.5%). On completion, the plant will boast a capacity of 23,000 tonnes per year.

It will comprise a world-scale mixed-feed cracker – the first in the Gulf region to be integrated with a refinery – with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year of ethylene and related high-added-value petrochemical units.

The commercial operation is likely to start on the new Saudi ENB later this year.

JXTG President Katsuyuki Ota said: "We will commence the feasibility study for the new ENB plant project in Saudi Arabia, which would make the kingdom a third production site along with Japan and the US."

"The location in audi Arabia, downstream of the world scale mixed feed cracker of the Amiral petrochemical complex which is being jointly developed by Saudi Aramco and Total will ensure the future ENB plant of the reliable supply of raw materials and energy," stated Ota.

JXTG Group is the world’s leading ENB producer with one production line in Japan and two production lines in the US. The company provides stable ENB supply for their worldwide customers through independent production locations and its network of terminals in the US, Europe, and Asia.

JXTG Group has developed the ENB business since 1979 and has grown its production to an overall capacity of 68,000 tonnes per year in April 2020.